Health Resorts And Their Uses : Being Vacation Studies in Various Health Resorts
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THE PYRENEES. A SHORT STUDY OF SUMMER HEALTH RESORTS IN THE PYRENEES. An interesting route to the Pyrenees, and one not fre- quently followed, is that through Central France — through Auvergne and the Cantal to Tdulouse. Clprmont-Ferrand too is a good halting-place, whence the Puy de D6me may be easily ascended and a general idea gained of the curious volcanic district around. At Arvant, a few miles south of Clermont- Ferrand, you leave the line of rail which goes to Nismes, and enter upon that... which passes through the mountainous department of Cantal, and after passing Aurillac joins the Limoges and Toulouse line at Figeac. This is certainly one of the most extraordi- nary examples of railway engineering in Europe. The road is for a great part of the way cut out of the steep mountain-side ; now and again it runs through a deep cutting, spans a profound gorge by a lofty viaduct, or leaps with a single arch over a rushing mountain torrent. Tunnels succeed one another with astonishing frequency, and one of these, the tunnel of Lioran, is considerably more than a mile in length, and is, at its entrance, 3700 feet above the sea !
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